The 2012 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was the first edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. It began at Hockenheim on 28 April, and finished on 21 October at the same venue after ten meetings, held jointly with the Formula 3 Euro Series and the British Formula Three Championship.

Prize tests

The top drivers in the final championship standings will be rewarded with a wide range of prize tests in various other racing categories. The top three drivers will receive a two-day test in a Formula Two car. As well as that, the champion will receive a Formula One test with Scuderia Ferrari, and the runner-up will receive a Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters test.[1]

Drivers and teams

Team Chassis[N 1] Engine No. Driver Rounds
Italy Prema Powerteam[3] F312/005 Mercedes-Benz 1 Spain Daniel Juncadella[4] All
F312/014 2 Germany Sven Müller[5] All
F312/015 14 United States Michael Lewis[6] All
F312/030 15 Italy Raffaele Marciello[7] All
Germany Mücke Motorsport[3] F312/020 Mercedes-Benz 5 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist[8] All
F312/023 6 Germany Pascal Wehrlein[8] All
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing[3] F312/044 Mercedes-Benz 8 Italy Andrea Roda[9] All
Germany URD Rennsport[3] F312/011 Mercedes-Benz 9 Germany Lucas Wolf[10] 1, 3–10
Germany GU-Racing[3] F312/019 Mercedes-Benz 10 United Kingdom Philip Ellis[11] 1, 4–5
United Kingdom Carlin[12] F312/040 Volkswagen 11 United Kingdom William Buller[12] 1, 3–5, 7–10
F312/004 12 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr.[12] All
Germany ma-con Motorsport[13] F312/045 Volkswagen 16 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist[14] All
F312/046 17 United Kingdom Emil Bernstorff[13] All
Portugal Angola Racing Team F312/039 Mercedes-Benz 23 Angola Luís Sá Silva[15] 1, 3–10
Entries ineligible for championship points
Switzerland Jo Zeller Racing[3] F308/044 Mercedes-Benz 7 Switzerland Sandro Zeller[9] All
United Kingdom Carlin F312/010 Volkswagen 30 United Kingdom Harry Tincknell[14] 2–3, 5–6
F312/002 34 Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar[14] 2–7
F312/001 39 United Kingdom Jack Harvey[14] 2, 5–6
F312/016 40 Brazil Pietro Fantin[14] 2, 5–6
F312/016 44 Brazil Felipe Nasr 10
F312/040 71 United Kingdom Richard Bradley 6
United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports[16] F312/002 Mercedes-Benz 31 Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk[16] 1–2, 5–6
F312/007 32 Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés[16] 1–2, 5–6, 10
F312/036 33 United Kingdom Alex Lynn[16] 1–2, 5–6, 10
F312/0003 38 Brazil Pipo Derani[14] 2, 5–6, 10
Finland Double R Racing F312/043 Mercedes-Benz 35 Australia Geoff Uhrhane[14] 2–3, 5–6
F312/009 36 Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas[14] 2–3, 5–6
F308/054 Mugen-Honda 37 Australia Duvashen Padayachee[14] 2, 5–6
Finland ThreeBond with T-Sport F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 41 Australia Nick McBride[14] 2, 5–6
F308/025 Mugen-Honda 42 Australia Spike Goddard[14] 2, 5–7
F312/008 ThreeBond Nissan 43 United Kingdom Alexander Sims[17] 7
F311 Mugen-Honda 44 Bolivia Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 6
United Kingdom CF Racing F311 Mugen-Honda 43 China Adderly Fong[18] 6
Netherlands Van Amersfoort Racing F312/051 Volkswagen 50 Austria Lucas Auer 10
F312/052 51 Netherlands Dennis van de Laar 10

Race calendar and results

A ten-round calendar was announced on 15 March 2012; made up of seven rounds at Formula 3 Euro Series events, two British Formula 3 events at Pau and Spa-Francorchamps,[1] with the Norisring round being run as a championship round in both series.[19]

Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 28 April Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 29 April Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
2 R1 France Pau Circuit 12 May Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 13 May Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
3 R1 United Kingdom Brands Hatch 19 May Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 20 May Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
4 R1 Austria Red Bull Ring, Spielberg 2 June United Kingdom William Buller Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 3 June Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
5 R1 Germany Norisring 30 June Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Raffaele Marciello No winner[N 2]
R2 1 July Germany Pascal Wehrlein Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
6 R1 Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 27 July Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés United Kingdom Fortec Motorsports
R2 28 July Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. United Kingdom Carlin
7 R1 Germany Nürburgring 18 August Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 19 August Spain Daniel Juncadella United Kingdom Alexander Sims Germany Pascal Wehrlein Germany Mücke Motorsport
8 R1 Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 25 August Germany Sven Müller Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 26 August Germany Sven Müller Spain Daniel Juncadella Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Prema Powerteam
9 R1 Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia 29 September Italy Raffaele Marciello Spain Daniel Juncadella Italy Raffaele Marciello Italy Prema Powerteam
R2 30 September Spain Daniel Juncadella Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
10 R1 Germany Hockenheimring 20 October Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport
R2 21 October Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Pascal Wehrlein Sweden Felix Rosenqvist Germany Mücke Motorsport

Notes

  1. ^ All drivers competed in Dallara chassis; model listed.[2]
  2. ^ Daniel Juncadella was disqualified from the first Norisring race after collisions with Pascal Wehrlein and Raffaele Marciello. The officials chose not to recognise any driver as having finished in first place.[20]

Championship standings

The second race at the Norisring was red-flagged after half the race had been completed due to torrential rain. As a result, series organisers only awarded half points to each of the classified finishers eligible to score points.[21]

Pos Driver HOC
Germany 		PAU
France 		BRH
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		NOR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		NÜR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		VAL
Spain 		HOC
Germany 		Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1 Spain Daniel Juncadella 1 1 Ret 4 2 8 7 1 DSQ 2 2 8 1 DSQ 6 1 2 2 13 4 252
2 Italy Raffaele Marciello 6 17 1 1 1 1 1 8 22[a] 1 11 14 6 Ret 4 Ret 1 3 3 8 228.5
3 Sweden Felix Rosenqvist 3 3 4 6 7 Ret 9 11 6 14 9 Ret 4 Ret 1 4 13 1 1 1 192
4 Germany Pascal Wehrlein Ret 8 Ret 9 5 5 2 4 7 Ret 14 12 3 1 7 3 5 4 2 2 179
5 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. 2 2 6 2 4 4 16[a] 5 Ret 19 3 1 7 10 11 5 Ret 6 Ret 11 161
6 United Kingdom William Buller 4 6 15 2 8 2 2 18 10 2 8 2 6 9 6 Ret 137
7 United Kingdom Tom Blomqvist 7 11 13 21 10 7 5 7 10 7 10 2 9 5 5 Ret 3 5 4 7 117
8 Germany Sven Müller 15 5 12 10 6 10 4 3 9 11 12 Ret 2 Ret 2 Ret 7 13 5 6 109
9 United States Michael Lewis 9 Ret 10 11 3 3 6 6 Ret 8 7 5 15 6 3 Ret 8 8 9 10 101
10 United Kingdom Emil Bernstorff 11 12 Ret 13 11 9 11 14 3 4 17 10 11 4 9 6 4 7 11 9 66
11 Germany Lucas Wolf 8 15 Ret 13 13 12 Ret 22 20 13 12 8 10 7 11 12 8 15 19
12 Italy Andrea Roda Ret 14 19 Ret 14 11 10 Ret 16 13 19 16 13 Ret 13 8 9 10 12 13 8
13 Angola Luís Sá Silva 13 13 DNS DNS 12 Ret 15 16 26 20 14 7 14[a] Ret 10 14 Ret 12 7
14 United Kingdom Philip Ellis 14 16 14 13 Ret Ret 0
Drivers ineligible for points.
Puerto Rico Félix Serrallés Ret 9 8 19 5 3 1 3 16[a] 5 0
Malaysia Jazeman Jaafar 2 3 8 Ret 3 10 18 Ret 5 4 5 3 0
United Kingdom Alex Lynn 10 4 3 7 19 9 6 5 Ret 3 0
United Kingdom Jack Harvey 5 8 14 Ret 4 6 0
Brazil Pietro Fantin 14 12 4 6 16 19 0
Netherlands Hannes van Asseldonk 5 7 11 Ret 20 5 23 18 0
Brazil Pipo Derani Ret 5 Ret 21 8 7 10 Ret 0
United Kingdom Harry Tincknell 7 Ret Ret 6 8 10 13 9 0
Austria Lucas Auer 7 Ret 0
United Kingdom Alexander Sims 8 12 0
Switzerland Sandro Zeller 12 10 18 16 13 14 15 9 11 23 22 25 16 9 12 9 13 11 15 14 0
Malaysia Fahmi Ilyas 9 15 9 15[a] Ret 12 21 21 0
Australia Spike Goddard 17 20 17 17 28 24 17 11 0
Australia Geoff Uhrhane 16 18 12 12 12 Ret 15 Ret 0
Australia Nick McBride 15 14 13 15 18 15 0
Netherlands Dennis van de Laar 14 16 0
Australia Duvashen Padayachee DNS 17 21 20 25 24 0
China Adderly Fong 27 17 0
United Kingdom Richard Bradley 21 Ret 0
Bolivia Pedro Pablo Calbimonte 29 22 0
Brazil Felipe Nasr Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Pts
HOC
Germany 		PAU
France 		BRH
United Kingdom 		RBR
Austria 		NOR
Germany 		SPA
Belgium 		NÜR
Germany 		ZAN
Netherlands 		VAL
Spain 		HOC
Germany
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • Bold – Pole
  • Italics – Fastest Lap
  1. ^ a b c d e Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Notes

References

  1. ^ a b "FIA European Formula 3 Championship". fia.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ "STARTERLISTE 2012 FIA FORMULA 3 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "The 2012 Euro Series grid is taking shape". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 5 December 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Prema Powerteam and Daniel Juncadella again together in the Formula 3 Euro Series 2012". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 7 February 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Prema Powerteam and Sven Müller together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 9 February 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Prema Powerteam and Michael Lewis together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series Championship". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  7. ^ "Prema Powerteam and Raffaele Marciello together in the 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series". premapowerteam.com. Prema Powerteam. 17 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  8. ^ a b "Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in der Euroserie" [Mücke with Wehrlein in the 2012 Euro Series]. Motorsport-Total.com (in German). Motorsport-Total.com GmbH. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
  9. ^ a b "New faces in the Euro Series". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2012.
  10. ^ Carls, Stephan (28 January 2012). "F3-Aufstieg für Lucas Wolf" [F3 promotion for Lucas Wolf]. Speed-Magazin (in German). XNetConcept Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  11. ^ "Briton Philip Ellis and GU advance to the Euro Series". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 6 March 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  12. ^ a b c "Carlin's F3 team expands to Europe". Carlin. Capsicum. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2012.
  13. ^ a b O'Leary, Jamie (18 April 2012). "Emil Bernstorff joins European F3 series with ma-con Motorsport". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 18 April 2012.
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "PROVISIONAL ENTRY LIST" (PDF). Pau Grand Prix. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  15. ^ "Angola Racing Team the fourth new squad on the Formula 3 Euro Series grid". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 21 March 2012. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  16. ^ a b c d "British F3 trio heads to Hockenheim". Fortec Motorsports. Fortec Motorsports Ltd. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 29 October 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  17. ^ "Start into the second half of the Formula 3 Euro Series season". Formula 3 Euro Series. ITR e.V. 16 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
  18. ^ "Fong and CF Racing to return to British F3 at Brands Hatch". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  19. ^ Carter, Nick (21 April 2012). "Norisring switch for British F3". British Formula 3 Championship. Stéphane Ratel Organisation. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  20. ^ Allen, Peter (30 June 2012). "Juncadella disqualified after collisions. Win goes to...nobody". The Checkered Fla. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  21. ^ Simmons, Marcus (1 July 2012). "Raffaelle Marciello takes Formula 3 win in Norisring thunder as Felix Serralles claims British honours". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

Categories